pink jeans...do you need to be really skinny?

[salamanda]

I love the colour of these jeans...but fear what they may do to my thighs. Are they less flattering than dark-coloured skinnies, or is it all in my head?

yes you need to be skinny and no more then 12 years old.

One word - sausages.

Thanks, but I will politely disagree with you about the 12 years old part...I love coloured jeans!

Yes, it's the sausage effect that I fear

Stay clear, from a distance it'll look like you've forgotton to wear trousers and agree with Belgo.

I didn't even think of that Tyniclogs. That's worse than sausage legs!

Yes - you need very slender legs.

What about if they were more this colour?

If you have legs like her, go for it.

I think the darker pink colours are a little more flattering. From a distance they do look a bit like you've forgotten your trousers pale.

I disagree about skinny, I think overweight wouldn't look good, but average legs would be fine. I actually think that legs that are too skinny look horrible in very tight jeans - I saw a young woman in Oxford Street last week and I couldn't believe that she found jeans tight enough for her extremely skinny legs - they looked dreadful and emphasised her odd shape.

But any fatter and it's sausage time, is that what you're saying belgo? I'm slim, but curvy, if that makes any sense at all.

It's a very hard look to pull off.

Agree worldgonecrazy. Weirdly I see this more often on men than women, with the waistband half way down their bums and a thigh gap you could drive a bus through.

Have a look at the lavender jeans thread Mrs CB started a month or so ago. Iirc there were lots of good suggestions for how to make coloured jeans look more grown up. I wear rose coloured ones and like them a lot.

I have just bought bright green skinny jeans. Haven't been brave enough to wear them yet, but plan on wearing with a nautical navy and white top and navy soft jacket thing.

Thanks monkeys, I will have a look for the thread. I definitely don't think coloured jeans are just for kids any more, but will head for rose rather than pale pink...

You need skinny legs to wear those pink jeans.

who is afraid of the big bad wolf?

I have had several coloured skinnies in the last few years and am mid 40s also white. Not a hard look to do can do t shirt and plimsolls for casual with jean jacket or wedges for a bit more going out.